Richmond Enquirer

THE MAIL ROBBERS.
Extract of a letter to the editors of the American Centinel, dated
Lancaster, Pa. Feb. 8 inst.—On Friday last, a stranger, answering the description of the person advertised as the third mail robber, stopped in this city. When he saw the advertisement offering a reward for his apprehension, he went down to a hardware store & purchased a pair of pocket pistols and left town in the evening, inquiring the road to Pittsburgh. He had excited some suspicion.
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Fiwics Tboiyoon, Stacy Saci,
Meizgar and Radolph Nagle, started towards night in pursuit of him. They found on their arrival at Mr. Galbraith's tavern, (about ten o'clock at night in Mount Joy, twelve miles from this place, on the Harrisburg turnpike,) that the person of whom they were in pursuit had arrived there about 4 o'clock, had gone to bed early, and was then asleep. They took him and brought him back to this city about 3 o'clock on Saturday morning. Having watched him until morning, about 8 o'clock he was taken before Alderman Dale, who committed him to prison for further examination. He stated before the Alderman, that his name was Ambrose Le Croix, and a diploma from a medical society in France was found upon him, granted to a person of that name. He said he was a Frenchman, that he came from France about two years since; that he had resided some time at Norfolk, and some time at Richmond, (Va.) latterly he had come to Baltimore; that he was now going to Pittsburgh, and if he found it did not suit him, he would go to Louisville, Kentucky: that he had come from Baltimore by Wilmington to see a friend of his, Mr. Dupont; that he bought the horse he had with him on Tuesday last, 2d Feb. in Baltimore; that he never had been either in Philadelphia, New Jersey or New York. A receipt was found on him dated 4th February, 1819, signed Isaac Sellers, for $150, for a horse, saddle and bridle, but no place mentioned in the receipt. Fifty dollars in notes were found on him, 4 ten dollar notes U. S. Bank, and ten dollars in small notes. He had with him a new gold repeating watch, with a ribbon chain and gilt seal. This watch he said he brought with him from France. His clothing consisted only of what he had on him, viz; an old coarse dirty shirt, a well worn black handkerchief, no vest, no stockings, a pair of new laced boots, or razees, a pair of blue mixt cassimere pantaloons, a half worn blue body coat, a new drab great coat and a new hat. This evening Mr. Bailey U.S. Mail Agent arrived here, and I understand the prisoner made a full confession to him, that he was one of the persons concerned in robbing the mail at Bridgetown, New Jersey, advertised as Doctor Henry.
PHILADELPHIA, February 11, 1819.
Mr. Bailey returned to this city last evening with the third Mail Robber, who is safely lodged in prison. He was taken about 12 miles the other side of Lancaster, on the Harrisburg road. This man freely confesses his participation in the Robbery; he says that when the Mail stage came up, their hearts failed them, but one of them crying out, we came to rob the mail, it must be done, they immediately made the attack. He says he received but six hundred dollars, part of which he expended in clothing and in the purchase of a watch in this city: $150 dollars he gave for his horse and the remainder he had with him when apprehended, which he threw into the road as the persons were bringing him into Lancaster. He says he is but 22 years of age, was born in France and served two years, in the army of Bonaparte, that he is of a very respectable family, and he refuses to give up his name, as it may bring disgrace upon them. He confesses that he knew that the punishment of his offence would be death. He is described as being a very timid man, and acknowledged that if any resistance had been made by the persons in the stage, he would certainly have run, and he believes the others would, for he was as much frightened as any one in the stage.
[Franklin Gaz.